Islamic State

English

Etymology

From the group's Arabic-language name, اَلدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”).

Proper noun

the Islamic State

1. A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
2. The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group.

Synonyms

• IS (abbreviation)
• Daesh, Da'esh, Daish, Da'ish (exonym, also derogatory)
• ISIS, Isis, ISIL (former name)
• Islamic State in Iraq / ISI (former name)
• al-Qaeda in Iraq / AQI (former name)

Derived terms

• IS (abbreviation)

Translations

jihadist group — see also IS

• Albanian: Shteti Islamik m (definite)
• Arabic: تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة m (tanẓīm ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya), الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة f (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya) (definite)
• Armenian: Իսլամական պետություն (Islamakan petutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: İslam Dövləti
• Belarusian: Ісла́мская дзяржа́ва f (Islámskaja dzjaržáva), Ісьля́мская дзяржа́ва f (Isʹljámskaja dzjaržáva)
• Bengali: ইসলামিক স্টেট (islamik sṭeṭ)
• Bulgarian: Исля́мска държа́ва f (Isljámska dǎržáva)
• Chechen: Исламан пачхьалкх (İslaman pačḥʳalq)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (ji¹ si¹ laan⁴ gwok³)

  Eastern Min: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Ĭ-sṳ̆-làng-guók)

  Hakka: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Yi-sṳ-lân-koet)

  Hokkien: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (I-su-lân-kok)

  Mandarin: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán guó)

• Czech: Islámský stát m
• Danish: Islamisk Stat c
• Dutch: Islamitische Staat m
• Estonian: Islamiriik
• Finnish: Isis (fi), Islamilainen valtio
• French: État islamique (fr) m
• Galician: Estado Islámico m
• Georgian: ისლამური სახელმწიფო (islamuri saxelmc̣ipo)
• German: Islamischer Staat (de) m
• Greek: Ισλαμικό Κράτος n (Islamikó Krátos)
• Hebrew: המדינה האסלאמית f (ha-medina ha-islamit) (definite)
• Hindi: इस्लामी राज्य m (islāmī rājya), इस्लामिक स्टेट m (islāmik sṭeṭ)
• Hungarian: Iszlám Állam (hu)
• Icelandic: Íslamska ríkið n
• Indonesian: Negara Islam
• Irish: Stát Ioslámach m
• Italian: Stato Islamico m
• Japanese: イスラム国 (イスラムこく, Isuramukoku)
• Kazakh: Ислам мемлекеті (İslam memleketı)
• Korean: 이슬람국 (Iseullamguk)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Dewleta Îslamî

• Kyrgyz: Ислам мамлекети (İslam mamleketi)
• Latvian: Islāma valsts f
• Lithuanian: Islamo valstybė f
• Macedonian: Исламска Држава f (Islamska Država)
• Malay: Negara Islam
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Исламын улс (Islamyn uls)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Den islamske staten m (definite)

• Persian:

  Dari: دَوْلَتِ اِسْلَامِی (dawlat-i islāmī)

  Iranian Persian: دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی (dowlat-e eslâmi)

• Polish: Państwo Islamskie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Estado Islâmico m
• Romanian: Statul Islamic n (definite)
• Russian: Исла́мское госуда́рство (ru) n (Islámskoje gosudárstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исламска Држава f

  Roman: Islamska Država f

• Slovak: Islamský štát m
• Slovene: Islamska država f
• Spanish: Estado Islámico m
• Swedish: Islamiska staten (sv) c (definite)
• Tajik: Давлати исломӣ (Davlati islomī)
• Tatar: Ислам дәүләте (İslam däwläte)
• Thai: รัฐอิสลาม
• Turkish: İslam Devleti
• Turkmen: Yslam Döwleti
• Ukrainian: Ісла́мська держа́ва f (Islámsʹka deržáva)
• Urdu: دَولَتِ اِسْلامِیَہ f (daulat-i islāmiya)
• Uyghur: ئىسلام دۆلىتى (islam döliti)
• Uzbek: Islom Davlati
• Vietnamese: Nhà nước Hồi giáo
• Welsh: Gwladwriaeth Islamaidd f

proclaimed caliphate

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (ji¹ si¹ laan⁴ gwok³)

  Eastern Min: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Ĭ-sṳ̆-làng-guók)

  Hakka: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Yi-sṳ-lân-koet)

  Hokkien: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (I-su-lân-kok)

  Mandarin: 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán guó)

• Danish: Islamisk Stat c
• Estonian: Islami Kalifaat
• Finnish: islamilainen kalifaatti
• Portuguese: Estado Islâmico m
• Spanish: Estado Islámico m